Boss fights (or equiv.) Created 11 years ago2013-02-06 14:32:18 UTC by Jessie

Of all the games you've ever played, what are some of your favourite bosses? I'm just wondering what makes a great boss, and what you think does.

Note: By boss, I'm not necessarily meaning an actual boss (EG: Nihilanth of Half-Life). I also mean stuff like final battles (EG: the striders and hunters at the end of Half-Life 2: Episode 2), mini-bosses (EG: Antlion Guards in Half-Life 2)... y'know, anything with enhanced difficulty, or requiring different tactics to the rest of the game, or... anyway, hope you understand what I mean.

Can't think of mine right now, but I'll put 'em up when I do.

Battle vs. Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts 2 is a pretty awesome one. Part of it involves running up and down a skyscraper, and... well, it's Kingdom Hearts 2!

Hmm... perhaps the Battle vs. Kuja in Final Fantasy 9 is my favorite. It's just plain awesome, the battle theme is probably one of the best in FF history, and Final Fantasy 9 is my favorite game of all time. Nostalgia....

Yiazmat from Final Fantasy 12, took 6 hours to kill, that's probably the main reason.

Lord Gwyn from Dark Souls, beautiful fight.

Shadow of Collossus. The whole game.

Seriously though, I will always love Ganondorf's final form in Zelda: Ocarina of Time. That and the fire dragon, or the dark link battle. Haven't seen a boss fight that I experienced yet that compared.

Rim, i wholeheartedly agree on the OOT ones. <3
Each and every one of the Blaster Master ones for SNES.

The End in Metal Gear Solid 3, because it's an intense game of wits between two camouflaged experts that can last hours. Or you could just set the date forward and laugh as he dies of old age.

Any Ridley encounter in the Metroid Prime trilogy, they're always super thrilling and old-school. There's nothing wrong with glowing weak points and weaknesses to only specific weapons if you ask me!

And the Anna/Gunther encounters in Deus Ex, just because of kill-phrases.

"I am not a machi-!"

Metal Gear Solid 4's Crying Wolf battle. The sheer fear when she spots you and you hear a rail-gun being charged up in a thick blizzard. Or hear howling and barreling footsteps then a huge metallic wolf appears from nowhere. And, after relying on camouflage most of the game to hide from all the enemies including bosses, to find out that Crying Wolf hunts by scent just sinks your heart. This battle actually coincides with one of Strider's picks which is the MGS3 The End battle, as Crying Wolf shares traits with The End. I got the same freight from the rail-gun charging as when the scope switches to The End's, only to see yourself running around with crosshairs on you.

Another favourite of mine is the Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour takes a breath Generals Challenge against Dr. Thrax. This pick is down to the hilarity of his comments, and the incredible difficulty if you pick the Chinese infantry general to fight him with. For those that don't know, Dr. Thrax the general for chemical warfare...against infantry...you get the picture.

Bowser.

I still love the battle with Cuthulu in Magicka, still yet to beat that one.

i like fighting vs Duriel (diablo 2, act II), HL: OP final boss

Gimme any boss EXCEPT Duriel. ARRRGH!

Yeah, I was gonna say, I HATE fighting Duriel! He's the most massive pain in the ass in that entire game!

Maybe I'm just shit, but I always end up having to spend a tonne of gold to keep my punching-bag of a hireling alive, to keep ME alive.

Fighting nano-suited soldiers in the original Crysis was pretty damned cool, if you can call that a mini-bossfight. However it doesn't beat many of the already mentioned bosses.
I'll never forget the moment you first encounter a mini-boss (the "Tank Commander") in Quake 2. That was scary as fuck.

LOL LIEK ALL OF THE DEUS EX; HUMAN REVLUTION BOSS FIGHTS

THEYRE LIKE SO COOL BECAUSE YOU GET TO HIDE AND SHOOT

AND ITS WHAT MAKES THE GAME GOD BECAUSE THE REST OF ITS STOOPID AND BURING.

ya duriel was a pain (Lord of Pain in fact)> you have to fight this huge worm thing in a TINY TINY room with no space to move, and he can just CHARGE straight up in your face and with HOLY FREEZE to boot! There's just no running from this fat firetruck

I liked the endings to Halos 1 & 3, it was quite fun to just drive through a massive obstacle course in a large car at top speed. It was quite fun to play on coop with friends to and try to race each other.
As for actual boss fights, I'm not too sure which is my favourite. Probably Bowser from Super Mario 64.

Recently seen The Stygian from Darksiders 1. Riding a fire-horse through a desert shooting backwards at an enormous armored worm chasing you. It was actually pretty amazing.

link (spot the willhelm!)